关键词: 迁居, 居住满意度, 迁居意愿, 居住流动性, 传统老城区, 城中村, 商品房小区

Abstract:

With the deepening of housing reform, housing mobility in urban China is on the rise. Extant studies on relocation and relocation intention pay much attention on rural to urban relocation. Yet little is known about intra-urban relocation in Chinese cities. This study attempts to fill this void by presenting a line of empirical evidence in three different types of residential neighborhoods in Guangzhou, namely traditional inner city neighborhood, urban villages and commodity housing estates. Based on a questionnaire survey in three types of neighborhoods representative of the dominant residential patterns in contemporary Chinese cities, this paper examines the determinants of residential satisfaction and relocation intention of local residents in major urban neighborhoods. Specifically, we first run a linear regression analysis to examine the determinants for residential satisfaction after relocation; we then run a multivariate logistic regression to understand the determinants for residents’ relocation intention. Empirical results show that residential satisfaction in the three types of residential neighborhoods are influenced by different factors, but generally shaped by community attachment , housing property and housing facilities; meanwhile, residential satisfaction is negatively associated with residential time. While relocation intention is generated by a combined effect of various factors, and varies in different residential neighborhoods. In traditional inner city neighborhoods, residents’ relocation intention has something to do with the family income and the residential satisfaction. In the meantime male respondents are more likely to develop relocation intention than female, and residents who have got higher education tend to relocation. The situation is slightly different in urban villages, where residents with weak sense of community prefer to relocate. In addition, the result indicates that household head’s age and marital status significantly affect relocation intention in commodity housing estates. The diversified determinants of relocation intention in the three types of neighborhood are by no means sporadic, they are in fact closely related to the demographic composition, build environment, and development history of the neighborhood. Overall, findings in this research suggest prevalent western theories of residential mobility, e.g. life course approach do not necessarily applicable in the Chinese context. This study also offers a multilayer explanation to existing understanding of intra-urban relocation which tends to provide singular explanation either concentrating on socioeconomic indicators or neighborhood sentiments, or life course. To a great tent, residential satisfaction and relocation intention are shaped by a complicated set of determinants, reflecting the unique trajectory of housing reform and the diversified housing stock under market transitional. This paper has provided an updated and nuanced analysis of intra-urban relocation and enriched our understanding of complex mechanism and outcomes of residential mobility in post-reform urban China.

Key words: Key Words: relocation, residential satisfaction, relocation intention, residential mobility, traditional inner city neighborhood, urban village, commodity housing estate